Type of Article: MacTech Blog

In his “Pogue’s Post” column at “The New York Times,” author and tech guru David Pogue blasts Apple’s MagSafe 2 connector — and he’s right. Apple blew it on this one.

It’s a case of improving something until it breaks. The original MagSafe was pretty much perfect the way it was. But the “sequel” is …. well, Pogue describes it perfectly in this column:

“The beauty of the MagSafe connector was that Apple had found precisely the right balance between attachment and detachment. Strong enough to hold the connector in place, weak enough to detach if it gets yanked.

Three Apple patents have appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office that show Apple is working on ways to simplify the production of its various portable computing devices.

Three Apple patents have appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office that show Apple is working on ways to simplify the production of its various portable computing devices.

An Apple patent (number 20120198383) for an user interface for backup management has appeared at the U.S Patent & Trademark Office. It seems to involve a revamped version of Mac OS X’s Time Machine feature.

An Apple patent (number 20120194308) for a foldable accessory device has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Said foldable device being the Smart Cover for the iPad.